Read the passage from "by the waters of babylon.”

my father is a priest; i am the son of a priest. i have been in the dead places near us, with my father—at first, i was afraid. when my father went into the house to search for the metal, i stood by the door and my heart felt small and weak. it was a dead man's house, a spirit house. it did not have the smell of man, though there were old bones in a corner. but it is not fitting that a priest's son should show fear. i looked at the bones in the shadow and kept my voice still.

what does the narrator’s response to the setting reveal about his character?

by describing the details of a spirit house, he reveals why he gives in to his fear.
because he is not able to show fear, he wishes that he were not a priest’s son.
due to his upbringing, we see that he is prepared for whatever the future holds.
in describing his past, he shows that he will live up to his father’s expectations.